SWITCH1 uptime is 11 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:c2950-i6k2l2q4-mz.121-22.EA6.bin"

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Router1 uptime is 6 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:c2600-advsecurityk9-mz.124-1a.bin"

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The short answer is you are NOT getting two 2610XM routers. The show version indicates one 2610XM and one 2612 router. The non-XM router does not support Fast Ethernet. I'm sure others will chime in, but there are alternatives to your proposed setup. This is especially true for the CCNP ROUTE exam. Many people have passed using the GNS3 emulator. A quick search of this forum will reveal a great deal of information on that topic.

Real equipment has its advantages and I am not suggesting you abandon that route if it's your preference. Just do some research before making any purchase. Take a look at the CCNP exam topics to make sure the hardware you're considering will support the features listed. It isn't necessary to get the latest equipment or IOS, because frankly, the basics don't change between hardware and IOS upgrades. Cisco's feature navigator will be a great help when considering hardware/IOS combinations. Good luck with your studies.

Thanks. I was tempted to just plow ahead with GNS3 but I felt that from the point of view of pratical experience the lab equipment would help and allow me to answer questions in Interviews with more authority for the sake of 200 or 300 as I don't currently have any realworld enterprise network experience.

Looks like you would be very limited on the IOS versions you would be able to run on the 2612, as far as I can see the latest non-deferred release is 12.2 train. The router still isn't useless, since on a protocol level most of what you would be dealing with (routing protocols, serial interfaces, etc) have changed very little since that code was released, but there may be implementation differences that could trip you up, like different commands. An older router like that would be best set up as a backbone that is just sending routes into the rest of your lab, or providing transport.

The 10 meg interface won't matter, so long as it's RJ45, since throughput normally doesn't matter in a lab.